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Beware of simultaneous cyber attacks, warns Sophos
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Attackers Break Into Twilio Customer Data Via Phishing Attack
Cloud communications company Twilio has confirmed a data breach in which attackers stole customer data via a text message phishing attack. According to the company, the attackers gained access to its systems after tricking and stealing the credentials of several employees. To carry out the attack, the threat actors impersonated Twilio’s IT department and asked […]
Windows Devices With The Latest Supported Processors Vulnerable To “Data Damage”
Microsoft has warned that Windows devices running the latest supported processors on Windows 11 and Windows Server 2022 are vulnerable to “data corruption.” The affected devices use AES-XTS (AES XEX-based tweaked codebook mode with ciphertext theft} or AES-GCM (AES with Galois / Counter Mode) block cipher modes on new hardware. However, while Microsoft failed to […]
iRobot Deal Gives Amazon Access To Users Home Data, Bloomberg
According to a Bloomberg report, Amazon’s $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot is primarily about mapping users home data. While Amazon will make money selling devices made by iRobot, a vacuum-cleaner robot company, the real value lies in the data it will reap, as the acquisition will allow the e-commerce giant to get a data collection […]
Parent Accuse Facebook Of being The Cause Of Daughter’s Mental Health Problems
Cecilia Tesch, mother of a 13-year-old, is suing Facebook and its parent company Meta. The lawsuit alleges that the content shown to Tesch’s daughter on Facebook and the app’s recommendations led her to develop problems such as “body dysmorphia eating disorder, self-harm, service anxiety, depression and a decrease in motivation to do schoolwork or socialize […]
Three Quarters Of Customers To Get Wireless And Cable Services From Non-traditional Providers
Three-quarters of customers surveyed in Salesforce’s Communications Industry Report said they would likely get wireless (78%) and cable (76%) services from non-traditional providers to a technology provider like Google. A growing number of cable customers will also no longer rely on traditional providers, with many opting for streaming entertainment services (33%) and wireless internet access […]
Unity Game Engine Announces Microsoft’s Azure As Official Cloud Partner
Microsoft’s Azure is the new official cloud partner of the Unity game engine. The partnership gives Unity the necessary opportunity to expand into areas outside the game area. Unity hinted at new plans to turn the Unity engine into a “platform-agnostic, cloud-native solution that meets the wide-ranging needs of all developers, from enterprise through citizen […]
Nvidia Q2 Revenue Expected To Drop By 19%
Nvidia has warned that its second-quarter revenue would fall 19% from the previous quarter, citing weakness in the company’s gaming business, which is a major source of revenue. Nvidia reported preliminary results for the second quarter and is expected to report total revenue of about $6.70 billion on August 24. Analysts had projected revenue of […]
